China has a high population density and a large base of laboratories. With the advancement of science and technology and the breadth and depth of research fields are increasing, at present, in addition to new laboratories, some old laboratories are also facing corresponding transformation needs. This year, CEIDI Xidi Market has received calls for many types of laboratory renovation. Everyone is concerned about how to design, renovate and configure a reasonable and efficient laboratory on the basis of the original building. Let's follow the laboratory, clean room, and animal room EPC integration service provider CEIDI Xidi to take stock of the renovation and upgrade of the old laboratory. When we upgrade and transform, we must clearly implement the purpose of the upgrade and have a clear overall transformation concept.

The original intention of the laboratory design and construction many years ago was mainly to meet the needs of basic experiments. In recent years, in addition to the upgrading of laboratory furniture and supporting equipment, the transformation needs of laboratories must not only meet the current experimental functions, but also meet the needs of laboratory intelligence, digitization, and low energy consumption.

The overall idea before the laboratory transformation:

Different from tooling or home decoration, under all budgets that meet the functional conditions, designers will light hard and soft outfits and create works with aesthetic elements. Most of the works presented in the works are the expressions of the designer's personal style fused with architectural purposes. The laboratory design and decoration is a professional content, mostly based on the laboratory's functionality, practicability, and capital budget as the leading factor in the overall conception. The first priority is to ensure function and practicality, and then the display of aesthetic elements. For large-scale institutions with sufficient budgets and laboratories in the field of modern information flow and intelligence, priority is given to people’s short-distance, long-term visual comfort, skin contact and other characteristics, and it can be based on the principles of safety and environmental protection and ergonomics. Increase indoor furnishings and lighting decoration.

Principles Followed by Laboratory Upgrade and Transformation

1. Safety principles:

The laboratory transformation should adopt a frame structure to facilitate the rational layout of the laboratory. The fire resistance rating of the building should not be lower than Class II. The setting of fire protection facilities should comply with the relevant national regulations on building fire protection design. The seismic fortification category of the laboratory design should not be lower than B Class building. The layout principle of each studio is to limit the sample flow area, shorten the sample flow stroke, and minimize the intersection of logistics (sample) and pedestrian flow lines.

2. Principles of using building materials:

The walls of the laboratory should be made of building materials with low surface absorption and easy to clean. The floor should be made of corrosion-resistant, abrasion-resistant, non-slip, and easy-to-wash building materials; the outer windows should not be made of colored glass, so as not to be in the experiment. As a result of color vision judgment errors, physical shielding measures should be taken for laboratories that require light protection; the materials involved in the decoration should be made of fire-resistant and flame-retardant materials as much as possible, and they must be mid-to-high-end products, and must meet environmental protection requirements and provide qualified certificates. Samples or samples must be confirmed by Party A before proceeding. All ground, wall, and ceiling pipes and slot holes must be strictly sealed. Laboratory floor materials with special requirements such as cleanliness, pressure gradient, constant temperature and humidity should also meet the requirements of overall seamless gap. For laboratories with buffer rooms (including: clean laboratories, biosafety laboratories and other complex laboratory rooms), concealed equipment doors should be reserved for the entry and exit of experimental equipment, especially large-scale equipment.

3. Environmental protection principle:

Purify the laboratory air environment through relevant exhaust equipment, waste treatment/recycling equipment, etc., and reduce pollution to the external environment. The construction of laboratories with special conditions such as radioactivity testing laboratories, animal laboratories, and biosafety protection laboratories shall be implemented in accordance with relevant national regulations and requirements.

4. The principle of efficiency:

The distribution of equipment and functional areas strives to comply with the microbiological inspection workflow, minimizes the flow of personnel, and improves the overall operational efficiency.

5. Benefit principle: 　

The transformation of the laboratory environment requires beautiful and generous, modern science and technology, showing the unit's industry characteristics, work philosophy and unique style. Furniture arrangement and room separation make full use of space, appropriately reserve space for future development, and improve the utilization rate of infrastructure.

6. Principles of humanization:

Using ergonomic principles, professionally design laboratory furniture and auxiliary equipment to improve the work comfort of staff

In general, with the improvement of functional requirements such as laboratories and clean rooms, it is more appropriate to choose an experienced and large-scale EPC general contracting company for upgrading. For companies in need, it is possible to control environmental protection, capital flow, engineering design, engineering decoration, electrical and mechanical systems, HVAC systems, fire protection systems, etc. throughout the entire process by docking with a company. Experienced companies can better solve any problems encountered when decorating and renovating such buildings.